NY-27: Roberto Urges Against New “...
We all remember how successful Obama’s stimulus was in keep ing the unemployment rate below 8 percent right? Well, with a record of failure like that, one can’t imagine why we should spend more taxpayer dollars for another $50 billion stimulus. Well, that’s what Obama wants… Leonard...
Obama Gets Buffalo Wings...
That pretty much sums up his entire trip. At least from a national perspective.
A quick perusal of online stories about Obama’s split-second trip to our miserable, dying city finds that the non-Buffalo media (and blogs) really dug the fact that Obama got buffalo wings in Buffalo.
USA Today: Obama...
Get Rich in New York (by Working for New...
New York State has too many overpaid government workers. Also, New York State has too many government workers. Those are the pair of conclusions to take away from a disheartening study by a conservative group called the Empire Center for New York State Policy.
To summarize the Channel 2 story about...
Another Clunker...
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02 15th, 2010 |
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New York State is attempting to simultaneously help the economy and environment. Yeah: they’ll do nothing for either. Enticed consumers spent the weekend racing about trying to grab government entitlements for those outfitting their kitchens and basements. They’re taking part in a transparently...
Failing to Earn Credit...
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Anthony Bialy in
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02 3rd, 2010 |
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The one thing that’s better than making money is being handed some. That’s why anyone who doubts the Earned Income Tax Credit is the most wondrous gift our benevolent government has ever bestowed upon us should read The Buffalo News.
In particular, their January 31 take on the subject, helpfully...
Off-the-Rails Spending...
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Anthony Bialy in
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02 2nd, 2010 |
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We need government-funded trains to facilitate travel across the country. On top of that, their construction will spur financial recovery. That’s because it’s 1936. Regrettably, when it comes to fixing and administering the economy, we’re still coping with a Depression mentality; further,...
A Massachusetts State of Mind...
Well everyone, for the past week or so, I have been fully absorbed in the U.S. Senate Special Election in Massachusetts, helping Scott Brown get elected. I devoted my blogging time to my Massachusetts blog, Hub Politics, which experienced a tremendous surge in traffic in the last weeks and days of Brown’s...
Buffalo Should Not be Minding Others’ ...
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Anthony Bialy in
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01 11th, 2010 |
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City Hall can’t run the economy properly. City Hall can barely run City Hall. Buffalo has not quite been dragged into financial utopia by its government; that’s especially seen in the folly of redistributing our money among companies of the bureaucracy’s choosing. But at least one...
McCain’s Not Gonna Take It, Never Did ...
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12 21st, 2009 |
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The best summary of the social disease factory called the Woodstock Festival was offered by The Who. The unenthusiastic participants’ perfectly crude, decidedly and awesomely not safe for work reaction both during and after the squalid affair effectively summarizes the faux idyllic colossal mud bath. ...
Dinner Should be on the Hall...
The City of Buffalo would like you to dine out. Please. But kindly only do so at sanctioned eateries that the local government has blessed with cash. The Buffalo News recently highlighted the specific flaws of a loan program that removes “free” from markets:
City Hall lending to business...
Having Fun Making Fun of Artvoice...
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Anthony Bialy in
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11 16th, 2009 |
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The Artvoice Dilemma comes down to whether it’s worth pointing out any random article’s problems. It’s usually best to avoid the chore of reading an issue, much less critiquing its contents. But sometimes they churn out something so egregious that it deserves a shredding. For...
Buffalo News Hates the Stimulus for the ...
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11 11th, 2009 |
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News flash: the economy still stinks. If you blame the government, you have shocking company in The Buffalo News, which ran a story Sunday on how the feds aren’t quite fixing everything or anything. Unfortunately, the paper claims that Washington is at fault for a curious reason, namely because...
Hope for Non-NY 23 Conservatives...
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Anthony Bialy in
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11 4th, 2009 |
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Imagine if the National Republican Congressional Committee had supported Doug Hoffman from the start. Instead of throwing money at a left-winger who remained on the ballot after she quit and repaid the organization by endorsing her erstwhile Democratic foe, Hoffman would be running for re-election...
Level Misery...
Should we cheer when awful times don’t get worse? New York’s percentage of idle workers remained constant during the previous two months. Unfortunately, that means that the rate has stabilized in critical condition:
From August to September, the New York unemployment rate held steady...
Spending That’s Too Useful for the Sti...
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10 7th, 2009 |
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Money? Good. Fighting cancer? Good. But money intended to aid the cancer fight could be spent ineffectually despite the astoundingly noble goal. The Buffalo News carried a recent story about a federal grant that’s by default more useful than every other project that has been or will be funded...
Spending Your Money So Someone Else Can ...
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Anthony Bialy in
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09 30th, 2009 |
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It used to be that companies were “incubators for skills.” But why bother getting on-the-job training when the government will cover the cost of getting you up to speed? For one, The Buffalo News adores the idea of making everyone pay to school a few workers, as evidenced by the Mark...